EXPRESS NEWS

Express News is a Pakistani television news channel launched on January 1, 2008. It is owned and run by the country's third largest Urdu daily, Daily Express. The owners of the channel, Lakson Group, later launched 'Express 24/7', a 24 Hour Pakistani English news channel.

It has become the second most-watched news channel after Geo News.

On February 5, 2009 Express News launched its second news channel in English called Express 24/7, After Dawn News shifted to Urdu broadcasts in February 2010, Express 24/7 remained the only 24-hour English-language news channel in Pakistan until its closure in November 2011. The express 24/7 CEO , Sultan Lakhani, cited dismal economic condition and insufficient number of advertisement as the main reasons behind the closure.